OscailtUN admits Syria wracked by sectarian civil warChris Marsden writes on how the UN have finally accepted that Syria is in the throes of a Civil War. Also on the build up of US equipment and troops in Jordan and false reporting about Alawite on Alawite violence. Full text at link.
<em>A United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry has finally admitted that a sectarian civil war is raging in Syria. Its findings are based upon extensive investigations and interviews between September 28 to December 16, 2012.
They detail massacres and gross violations of human rights that have polarised Syria between the supporters of a Sunni insurgency and those Sunnis and various minority groups that have aligned themselves with the Alawite-led Ba’athist regime out of fear that its downfall will produce a yet more brutal Sunni chauvinist alternative.</em>2012-12-22T12:15:09+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=102928http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifStirred up with a little bit of help from the Westhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/102928#comment2938312012-12-22T12:15:09+00:00TThe USA, Britain, France and the backward Gulf monarchy states of Saudi Arabia a...The USA, Britain, France and the backward Gulf monarchy states of Saudi Arabia and Qatar have a lot to answer for here, given that they stirred up this conflict and provides finance, weapons, training and propaganda support.<br />
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We should not forget the role of Turkey in this as well